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RichardH 16th June 2016 04:54 PM

i was looking at headlights yesterday, the car builder solution site mentions on one set of headlights something about beam pattern being flat

Cropper 16th June 2016 06:55 PM

Chadderton, 12.30

K4KEV 16th June 2016 08:16 PM

Good luck for tomorrow bud I'm sure you wont need it....your build will talked about I sure amongst themselves (examiners)..... so is it really "finished" cos we all know they never are ;-)

Rosco 16th June 2016 08:41 PM

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Originally Posted by K4KEV (Post 103863)
Good luck for tomorrow bud I'm sure you wont need it....your build will talked about I sure amongst themselves (examiners)..... so is it really "finished" cos we all know they never are ;-)

Cheers mate, to be fair it really is finished, there might be a few bits after IVA but at least my mrs thinks it's over haha

Rosco 16th June 2016 08:42 PM

Oh and I got some new bulbs and fitted them tonight, so hopefully :o :cool: :eek:

Josh 16th June 2016 08:54 PM

Awesome build Rosco, I've been quietly following for a while now!

I'm also running 5 3/4" SVC headlights - which bulbs did you buy to replace the stock ones? Little annoyed to learn they won't pass, they were sold as IVA friendly... :(

Rosco 16th June 2016 08:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Josh (Post 103866)
Awesome build Rosco, I've been quietly following for a while now!

I'm also running 5 3/4" SVC headlights - which bulbs did you buy to replace the stock ones? Little annoyed to learn they won't pass, they were sold as IVA friendly... :(

Cheers! Just some halfords ones, I'm going to take the old ones to just in case

Cropper 16th June 2016 08:59 PM

I bought some from halfords that were supposed to be extra bright etc. I will find out tomorrow if they are OK!

Mking 16th June 2016 09:35 PM

Good luck for tomorrow. Look forward to seeing your car on the road.

Rosco 17th June 2016 02:55 PM

Well got up this morning about 4:45 as I couldn't sleep, walked the dog and got the bonnet on etc, 6am came and my Dad turned up with the trailer, got it loaded up, I had a car cover so put this on as it was raining

Set off and the cover was blowing everywhere, so took it back off, it wasn't raining to hard

Got to the test station, unloaded the car and parked up, 8:30 the roller door went up and he got started, checked all the projections to start with, said the bottom of the headlight bracket wasn't rounded enough

Then looked over the brakes, happy with the balance bar being lock wired, but not happy with the rubber tube from the brake fluid pot to the cylinders, he asked if I had a recipt, but I couldn't find it,

Seat belts, all good, said they were fine but I could remove the spacers lifting them up, (the spacers were only for IVA anyway) he said the belts would be ok resting on the seat as the hole was trimmed,

Had a good look around the car, then checked the reverse gear, but the way I had wiried it, the prime switch put the light on then the engage switch reverses the car, but he said no good as you could leave the light on

Also the digi dash buttons needed locking as they hide the speedo when in a menu

Checked the speedo, all fine,

Emissions were spot on

Then he went and weighed it and try the brake balance I think

510kg and brakes good,

Onto the ramp, had a look underneath, checked lock to lock,

The headlights, said they were spot on

Just the brake test and noise left

Tested the brakes but said he has to work the figures out

Outside for the noise test, I was pooing it by this point, 97db so just under

Then he said if you want to go to your car and try n sort those 4 bits out

Well me and my dad, you would of thought we were going to miss the grid at the F1

Edge trim on the headlight brackets

I set about the wiring, re wired the reverse light so it was correct, and unwired the dash buttons

Just the brake pipe to sort, I rang rally design where it was from, them emailed me the spec sheet,

He came over and checked everything and said you've Passed

Went and did the paperwork and job done

So happy! I said I wouldn't have minded a fail but when I was there I didn't want to have to do a re test

So just need to fill my reg forms out now!

SteveH1 17th June 2016 03:00 PM

Well done enjoy

RichardH 17th June 2016 03:57 PM

well done we will all post our postcodes for your round britain run and test drives:D

Cropper 17th June 2016 04:49 PM

Well done on the pass, glad the headlamps were ok, I passed my retest as well, ref documents already posted

vmax1974 17th June 2016 04:54 PM

Kudos to the cleanest build i have seen

Well done fella

K4KEV 17th June 2016 05:24 PM

Well done guys nice to know there are now two more haynes roadsters went from beginning to end.....hope youz both get sorted out soon for the best part of the summer because this month has been sh*te apart from a few days at the start so much so I put off getting mine back on the road till july.

vmax1974 17th June 2016 05:38 PM

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Originally Posted by K4KEV (Post 103881)
Well done guys nice to know there are now two more haynes roadsters went from beginning to end.....hope youz both get sorted out soon for the best part of the summer because this month has been sh*te apart from a few days at the start so much so I put off getting mine back on the road till july.

one of them started out as my first chassis/build

garyt 17th June 2016 06:20 PM

congratulations on passing ,now just get her registered and enjoy

metal matt 17th June 2016 08:37 PM

Well done on the first time pass didn't expect anything else. Nice to know there is two more Haynes roadster on the road ( cropper ). Look forward to seeing your car in the flesh one day.

SeriesLandy 17th June 2016 10:00 PM

Well done, good luck with the dvla and have fun when it is on the road!

Rosco 17th June 2016 10:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SteveH1 (Post 103876)
Well done enjoy

Quote:

Originally Posted by RichardH (Post 103877)
well done we will all post our postcodes for your round britain run and test drives:D

Haha, Cheers guys!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cropper (Post 103878)
Well done on the pass, glad the headlamps were ok, I passed my retest as well, ref documents already posted

Oh wicked, glad you got sorted to!

Quote:

Originally Posted by vmax1974 (Post 103879)
Kudos to the cleanest build i have seen

Well done fella

Wow, thanks

Quote:

Originally Posted by K4KEV (Post 103881)
Well done guys nice to know there are now two more haynes roadsters went from beginning to end.....hope youz both get sorted out soon for the best part of the summer because this month has been sh*te apart from a few days at the start so much so I put off getting mine back on the road till july.

Yeah theres a few more new builds to so hopefully be some more yet to come!


Quote:

Originally Posted by garyt (Post 103887)
congratulations on passing ,now just get her registered and enjoy

Thanks

Quote:

Originally Posted by metal matt (Post 103888)
Well done on the first time pass didn't expect anything else. Nice to know there is two more Haynes roadster on the road ( cropper ). Look forward to seeing your car in the flesh one day.

Haha i was a bit worried this morning lol, yeah we will have a meet up at some point, track day maybe?

Quote:

Originally Posted by SeriesLandy (Post 103890)
Well done, good luck with the dvla and have fun when it is on the road!

Cheers

Rosco 17th June 2016 10:21 PM

Well its took me all night to get my forms sorted, two printers!! But just posted them off, hopefully they are right, will keep you lot posted!

Thanks for all the interestand support along the way to, its been briliant!

Rosco 17th June 2016 10:31 PM

Few pics from today

6am



Waiting for 8:30





One proud Dad!


voucht 18th June 2016 04:29 PM

Big "thumb up" for your pass! Congratulations :) Perfect timing for enjoying your amazing car on the road this summer !

Ianr 18th June 2016 04:54 PM

Brilliant news, well done!

Rosco 18th June 2016 09:57 PM

Cheers guys!

Rosco 18th June 2016 10:06 PM

Chapter Two
 
Right, now to start the fun jobs,

Aero, got a few bits I want to get done before my reg turns up really

Nose cone canards

Made some templates





Then cut them out of some carbon sheet, used two jigsaw blades! It's such tough stuff!




Rosco 18th June 2016 10:08 PM

Then needed some little brackets, my dad had some 20x20 aluminium angle so had an idea



Then turned around for the 2nd side



These will be bolted to the canards and the nose cone


K4KEV 19th June 2016 07:46 AM

HaHaha...I told you so

Rosco 19th June 2016 07:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by K4KEV (Post 103900)
HaHaha...I told you so

Haha its nearly finished, does that count?

metal matt 19th June 2016 08:02 AM

It's never finished. I want do do so much to mine but I'm finding it very hard to wait until winter right now

Rosco 19th June 2016 08:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by metal matt (Post 103902)
It's never finished. I want do do so much to mine but I'm finding it very hard to wait until winter right now

Lol whats on your list?

dean211277 19th June 2016 04:36 PM

Congratulations on the pass, it has been a great build thread to go through.
Looking forward to seeing the mods go on now! :D :D

metal matt 20th June 2016 10:51 AM

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Quote:


Originally Posted by metal matt View Post

It's never finished. I want do do so much to mine but I'm finding it very hard to wait until winter right now

Lol whats on your list?
Its about 2k's worth at the mo. I'm looking at fitting a turbo. So coming with that will be a standalone ECU (possible OMEX 600), intercooler, oil cooler and a new header. Also thought about an LSD (on my wish list) and I'm thinking about re making my dash. All will be done over the winter though, I wont survive the summer with no roadster now.

Rosco 20th June 2016 11:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by metal matt (Post 103912)
Its about 2k's worth at the mo. I'm looking at fitting a turbo. So coming with that will be a standalone ECU (possible OMEX 600), intercooler, oil cooler and a new header. Also thought about an LSD (on my wish list) and I'm thinking about re making my dash. All will be done over the winter though, I wont survive the summer with no roadster now.

sounds cool, quite a job then really, keep you busy while its raining tho!

robj 20th June 2016 12:36 PM

Congratulations on the pass. I go on holiday and I miss all the action. The mods are looking good.

Rosco 20th June 2016 09:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by robj (Post 103915)
Congratulations on the pass. I go on holiday and I miss all the action. The mods are looking good.

Haha cheers, yeah it's getting there

vmax1974 22nd June 2016 03:58 PM

You will have time to draw up the roller plans now that you passed iva

Rosco 22nd June 2016 04:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vmax1974 (Post 103951)
You will have time to draw up the roller plans now that you passed iva

bead roller? need to build a mk 2 really

Rosco 25th June 2016 10:04 PM

Got a bit done this week, got the canards finished and fitted, bit tricky getting both sides the same but my dad eyed them up!





My dad made me some blacking plates so I could remove the air bypass bumf



Next job, rear diffuser, more brackets made by my dad


Rosco 25th June 2016 10:06 PM

Brackets mounted on suspension bolts



Rough card template



1.5mm aluminium, blank canvas!



Folding back edge up



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